Burdensome vs Cumbersome - What's the difference?
burdensome | cumbersome |
Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals , London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), ยง 6:
Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.
Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
Cumbersome is a synonym of burdensome.
As adjectives the difference between burdensome and cumbersome
is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while cumbersome is burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.burdensome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
Synonyms
* (of or like a burden) arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxingcumbersome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
- A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
